Delaware River Power Squadron is dedicated to boating safety through education and civic activities in several locations in Philadelphia while also serving the boating public throughout southern Pennsylvania, the Delaware River, and the Chesapeake Bay.
Furthermore, both Pennsylvania and New Jersey Departments of Environmental Protection have evaluated the sediment to be dredged and also found it to be not toxic.
Girls Incorporated of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey continues to advance their cause and to strengthen their community by aspiring to open a Girl's Center for Philadelphia.
In order to remain competitive with other ports across the Eastern seaboard, the Delaware River's Main Channel must be deepened.
Military logistics often rely heavily on commercial shipping and thus are impacted by industry trends toward larger vessel.
More than 54,000 jobs in the region are dependent upon the Port of Philadelphia alone.
Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly.
Mr. Speaker, the Delaware River deepening project is important for my constituents, for our region and for the entire nation. I trust that, when they examine the facts about it, every one of my colleagues will join me in supporting it.
Mr. Speaker, we can never forget that the very first victim on September 11, 2001 was a flight attendant, sliced by a box cutter our lax security measures allowed on board.
One in 5 Americans is touched by the Red Cross every single year.
Ports in the United States and throughout the world have undertaken projects to deepen their channels in order to accommodate larger vessels.
Shipping is a volatile industry, which is increasingly moving toward larger ships.
There can be no doubt that the transportation sector is the most critical sector of our economy.
Thirty years ago, in 1976, the notion of organized activity to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity was an extremely controversial one.
Three quarters of the East Coast's refinery capability is located in the Philadelphia region.
We cannot produce or sell goods, agricultural products or raw materials if we cannot move them throughout our great land, or ship them overseas.
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